[R] Error with 1.9.0 - Invalid HOMEDRIVE

Prof Brian Ripley ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Fri Apr 23 09:37:59 CEST 2004 

That's as expected: HOMEPATH is not set and so HOMEDRIVE is invalid (it 
needs to be paired with a valid HOMEPATH).  The message in R-patched is

Fatal error: Invalid HOMEDRIVE+HOMEPATH

With HOMEDRIVE set but HOMEPATH unset, 1.8.1 does segfault:  
Windows NT/2000/XP is supposed to have both HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH set.
Perhaps some recent `hotfix' has managed to unset it on some machines?
(That code had been unchanged for several years until I decided to add 
protection against invalidly long settings for 1.9.0.)

What happens if you set HOME (to a valid path)?  (My original suggestion.)


On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Brett Melbourne wrote:

> Hi Uwe,
> 
> This is what the log says when neither homedrive or homepath are set
> manually. This is after R has failed to start (I don't know if that's
> important). Hope that helps. Let me know if there's any other info I can
> gather.
> 
> Brett
> 
> 
> C:\WINDOWS\system32>set
> ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
> APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne\Application Data
> CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
> COMPUTERNAME=CAVIAR
> ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
> HOMEDRIVE=C:
> HOMESHARE=\\desnet\melbourne
> include=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\atl\include;C:\Program
> Fil
> es\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Visual St
> udio\VC98\include
> lib=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\lib;C:\Program
> Files\Micro
> soft Visual Studio\VC98\lib
> LOGONSERVER=\\CAYENNE
> MSDevDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98
> NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
> OS=Windows_NT
> Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\PROGRAM
> FILES\TH
> INKPAD\UTILITIES;C:\Program
> Files\Hummingbird\Connectivity\7.10\Accessories\;C:\
> Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Visu
> al Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\Common\MSD
> ev98\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools;C:\Program
> Files\
> Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\INSIGH~1\splus61\cmd
> PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
> PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
> PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4, GenuineIntel
> PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
> PROCESSOR_REVISION=0204
> ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
> PROMPT=$P$G
> SESSIONNAME=Console
> SystemDrive=C:
> SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
> TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
> TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
> USERDNSDOMAIN=DES.UCDAVIS.EDU
> USERDOMAIN=DES
> USERNAME=melbourne
> USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne
> windir=C:\WINDOWS
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Uwe Ligges" <ligges at statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
> To: "Brett Melbourne" <bamelbourne at ucdavis.edu>
> Cc: "Duncan Murdoch" <dmurdoch at pair.com>; "Prof Brian Ripley"
> <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>; "David Scott" <d.scott at auckland.ac.nz>;
> <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [R] Error with 1.9.0 - Invalid HOMEDRIVE
> 
> 
> > Brett Melbourne wrote:
> > > Some more diagnostic information on this problem related to Windows
> > > critical updates.
> > >
> > > I am running R 1.8.1 and 1.9.0 under Windows XP Pro, on a laptop, which
> is
> > > networked at work but frequently used off the network. R starts properly
> > > sometimes, when attached to the network, but never when disconnected and
> > > logged on to the same (networked) user profile. R does however, always
> start
> > > properly on a non-network profile local to my machine.
> > >
> > > I have all the critical Windows XP updates installed, so later updates
> did
> > > not fix the problem.
> > >
> > > On failing to start 1.8.1, entering debug gives the message "Unhandled
> > > exception in Rgui.exe (MSVCRT.DLL):0xC0000005:Access Violation"
> > >
> > > The following observations apply to both 1.8.1 and 1.9.0:
> > >
> > > Setting HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH does not fix the problem (see SET dump
> > > appended to end of message).
> > > Rebooting in safe mode (with networking) does not fix the problem.
> > > Rebooting in safe mode (without networking) does fix the problem but in
> that
> > > case I am running on a non-network profile local to the machine, which
> > > always works anyway. So the problem appears to be related to networking.
> > >
> > > I can confirm that the offending update is KB835732. Incidentally, this
> > > uninstalls with the message "Setup detected programs on your computer: R
> for
> > > Windows 1.8.1. If KB835732 is removed, these programs might not run
> > > properly". So, the update appears to be aware of an interaction with R
> > > 1.8.1.
> > >
> > > Both R 1.9.0 and R 1.8.1 run properly after uninstalling the offending
> > > update.
> > >
> > > I will install r-patched tomorrow at work and let you know what happens.
> > >
> > > cheers
> > > Brett
> > >
> > > Brett Melbourne, Postdoctoral Fellow
> > > Center for Population Biology
> > > University of California Davis CA 95616
> > >
> > >
> > > SET dump: environment when R fails: HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH set
> explicitly.
> > >
> > > C:\WINDOWS\system32>SET
> > > ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
> > > APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne\Application Data
> > > CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
> > > COMPUTERNAME=CAVIAR
> > > ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
> > > HOMEDRIVE=C:
> > > HOMEPATH = C:
> >
> >
> > That's wrong. Please set it to a sensible HOMEPATH, e.g. simply
> > SET HOMEPATH=\
> > or
> > SET HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\melbourne
> >
> > More interesting: What does the log say when you have not set HOMEPATH
> > before???
> >
> > Uwe Ligges
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > HOMESHARE=\\desnet\melbourne
> > > include=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\VC98\atl\include;C:\Program
> > > Fil
> > > es\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> > > Visual St
> > > udio\VC98\include
> > > lib=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\mfc\lib;C:\Program
> > > Files\Micro
> > > soft Visual Studio\VC98\lib
> > > LOGONSERVER=\\CAYENNE
> > > MSDevDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98
> > > NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
> > > OS=Windows_NT
> > > Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\PROGRAM
> > > FILES\TH
> > > INKPAD\UTILITIES;C:\Program
> > > Files\Hummingbird\Connectivity\7.10\Accessories\;C:\
> > > Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program
> Files\Microsoft
> > > Visu
> > > al Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
> > > Studio\Common\MSD
> > > ev98\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
> Studio\Common\Tools;C:\Program
> > > Files\
> > > Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\INSIGH~1\splus61\cmd
> > > PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
> > > PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
> > > PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4, GenuineIntel
> > > PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
> > > PROCESSOR_REVISION=0204
> > > ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
> > > PROMPT=$P$G
> > > SESSIONNAME=Console
> > > SystemDrive=C:
> > > SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
> > > TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
> > > TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MELBOU~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
> > > USERDNSDOMAIN=DES.UCDAVIS.EDU
> > > USERDOMAIN=DES
> > > USERNAME=melbourne
> > > USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\melbourne
> > > windir=C:\WINDOWS
> > >
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